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the ambassador did not use the d word. i am in a position where i can use it. tghe drones have proven to be remarkably successful. of course they come with the perfect -- with a price. what is most striking about this is the prosecution of this conflict has come with as keeping the government of pakistan as much as possible in the dark and over the objections of the government of pakistan during president obama made an extraordinary decision in 2011 after he and his predecessor provided the government of pakistan with over $25 billion in military and economic assistance, despite al qaeda, when the moment of truth came we decided it cannot trust the government of pakistan. he was of course right. the reason we have been more successful last four years is because we have taken more confrontational and hostile approach to the government of pakistan. ambassador benjamin said none of that and probably will not confirm i just said it and the questions and answers, nor should he. but we should have no illusion that we've come to new conclusions about our pakistani par
the ambassador did not use the d word. i am in a position where i can use it. tghe drones have proven to be remarkably successful. of course they come with the perfect -- with a price. what is most striking about this is the prosecution of this conflict has come with as keeping the government of pakistan as much as possible in the dark and over the objections of the government of pakistan during president obama made an extraordinary decision in 2011 after he and his predecessor provided the...
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thank you for joining us. as you know, the accountability review board that the secretary established has now completed its work. the classified and unclassified version have been released to the hill and have better chance to see the unclassified version as well as the secretary's letter to members. the vice chairman of the accountability review board will join us here to address your questions. and introducing them will be deputy secretary of state, bill byrne. mr. secretary. >> thank you very much. good afternoon. as all of you know, ambassador pickering and mullen appeared to discuss the findings from the accountability review board. and we will testify tomorrow. i make just two quick points. then i will give the floor to the ambassadors to discuss the report and take your questions. first, as secretary clinton said in her letter to congress, we accept each and every one of the board's recommendations and have already begun to implement it. in accordance with the law, she ordered the review to determine ex
thank you for joining us. as you know, the accountability review board that the secretary established has now completed its work. the classified and unclassified version have been released to the hill and have better chance to see the unclassified version as well as the secretary's letter to members. the vice chairman of the accountability review board will join us here to address your questions. and introducing them will be deputy secretary of state, bill byrne. mr. secretary. >> thank...
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to protect us. sometimes those two are different. he have to constantly ask ourselves those questions. >-- we have to constantly ask ourselves those questions. >> thank you. >> ideas well want to thank senator lugar for many years of service. -- i as well want to think senator lugar or many years of service. i thin i think it would be a shame to turn a page on this without -- i do look forward to this happening. i thank you for being here. i do want to say that i was on the ground in libya right after this happened. i was with the team there. i witnessed the shock of the colleagues they lost. i met the folks who were nothing short of absolute american heroes in what they did. i also witnessed the despair that felt like they were out on a tether and did not have the support of washington. i am dismayed that this hearing is centered on additional money, which may well be needed, but as senator boxer said, we would have no idea. we have never done a top to bottom state department since i have been here
to protect us. sometimes those two are different. he have to constantly ask ourselves those questions. >-- we have to constantly ask ourselves those questions. >> thank you. >> ideas well want to thank senator lugar for many years of service. -- i as well want to think senator lugar or many years of service. i thin i think it would be a shame to turn a page on this without -- i do look forward to this happening. i thank you for being here. i do want to say that i was on the...
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a lot of us voted against it. all of us voted against it. we've got -- we understand that plan will have no traction. i thank the gentleman for his work. there is no sequester plan. there was no sequestered plan for plan b period if i could quickly go back -- plantae. -- plan b peri. it cut by 27%, doctors there it 50 million americans will have their health care in jeopardy. my comment as i close, it is in because we have americans who are looking to us back to work with the president's, to work with the speaker, and to find a way to be able to answer the question. i yield back. >> i reserve the balance of my time. >> it has been said here before the bill mysteriously appeared last night and pass the house in a bipartisan way. it was bipartisan opposition. no democrat voted for it and 16 republicans voted no. >> recognized for one minute. >> i rise in opposition to this rule. in the dead of night, five days before christmas, house republicans released legislation they are rushing to the floor to gut funding for health care, food assistance,
a lot of us voted against it. all of us voted against it. we've got -- we understand that plan will have no traction. i thank the gentleman for his work. there is no sequester plan. there was no sequestered plan for plan b period if i could quickly go back -- plantae. -- plan b peri. it cut by 27%, doctors there it 50 million americans will have their health care in jeopardy. my comment as i close, it is in because we have americans who are looking to us back to work with the president's, to...
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when i was at the institute, we used to bring b to work with us. when he came back -- bravo to work with us. he used to come to the office where i was the cia director. bravo sat in on almost all of the meetings involving the operations against bin laden. to this day he has not told a damn soul on what happened. [laughter] [applause] >> thank you for coming today. i would also like to thank the national press club staff for organizing today's event. you can find more information about the national press club on our website. if you would like a copy today's et seq., please check our website at press.org. thank you. we are adjourned. [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] "washingtonday's journal" a discussion on -- and francisco negron on the national school boards association. later, we will hear from scott stosser about the riser manufacturing in the us. "washington journal" is live every morning here on c-span. >> one of the things that did surprise me a litt
when i was at the institute, we used to bring b to work with us. when he came back -- bravo to work with us. he used to come to the office where i was the cia director. bravo sat in on almost all of the meetings involving the operations against bin laden. to this day he has not told a damn soul on what happened. [laughter] [applause] >> thank you for coming today. i would also like to thank the national press club staff for organizing today's event. you can find more information about the...